Meat-holder.



E. A. HAND.

MEAT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE22,1911.

1,048,829, Patented De0.31, 1912.

ERNEST a HAND, or CHICAGO, ILmnoIs, assionon T AIEERICAN SLICING moms comranv, or emoaoo. r m-note. a oomecaarrou or runners.

miner-notions specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 22, 1911.

atentned Dec. 31, 1912.

Serial No. cornea -Holdcrs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in meat holders and is diagrammatically illustrated in one form in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is a part front elevation of a meat slicing machine showing my holder in position; Fig. 2 is a section along; the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section along the line 3 30f Fig. l; Fig. l, a detail section along the line 4 -41 of Fig, 1.

Like parts are indicated by like letters in all the figures.

The meat plate which is mounted in the usual manner upon-the carriage A has on either side the usual upwardly projecting, vertical, toothed, clamping arms A which support the flat guide plate '8; The guide plate B which is held in position on the clamping arms at right angles to the meat plate A by the Z-bar B in engagement with one of the clamping a ms A carries the strap B adjustably attached to the rear thereof by the screws B and spaced there from by the screws Bi The strap B is provided With the spaced vertical perforations B which connect Withcorresponding horizontal slots B on the bottom thereof and perpendicular to the guide plate 13. The U-shaped pins B have the screw threaded ends B located in the perforations -B and the slots B in such manner that they are in engagement with the slots B in the lower edge of the guide plate the pointed ends B projecting upwardly, in front of and parallel with but slightly removed from the guide plate 13. The clamping bar (l which is sl'idably mounted upon the clamping arms A has at one end the fixed tooth engaging lug C and at the other and. terminates in a handle which carries the pivot-- ally mounted lever C having the removable tooth-engaging lug C The clamping plates C, C, are rigidly mounted on the clamping bars C, the plate (3* being parallel with the guide plate B, and the plate C being at its lower edge slightly inclined outwardly from the plate (3* in such manner that the angle between the two plates incloscs the pointed ends of the U-shapcd pins B.

It will be evident that while I have shown in my drawing an operative device still many changes might bemade in the size, shape and arrangement of the parts without departing materially from the spirit of my invention.

The use and operation of my invention are as :follows:-.\ftcr the meat, for instance, bacon, has been cut as far down as can be done in the usual manner with it. clamped upon the moat plate by the usual toothed meat clamping bar, there will be a free end which cannot be cut. This end is removed from the device and the usual clamping bar is removed from the clamping arms. My flat guide plate is then placed in position being supported by the clamping arm and resting at its lower edge upon the meat plate, the pinsalong the edge of the plate projecting upwardly behind it. The flat out edge of the meat is then brought against the guide plate in opposition to the meat-holding pins and the guide bar which carries the clamping strips is then placed upon the clamping arms and brought down in such manner as to force the meat down onto the upwardly projecting pins. The overhanging or upwardly projecting clamping strip extends upwardly beyond the ends of the meat-engaging pins and prevents their being bent outwardly by the weight of the meat or the strain upon them in cutting it. The meat is thus held in position by the meat holding pins which are sup ported on the clamping plate at their lower ends and supported by the clamping bar at their upper ends. The function of the guide plate is merely to level the meat and prevent its displacement whileit is being placed in position since i it will be evident that the guide plate might be dispensed with in so far as it used to support the meat while being out. The meat plate is then withdrawn away from the knife and the machine started in the usual manner, thus feeding the carriage back and forth across the guiding knife and feeding the meat plate toward the knife. elf from the remaining portion of the meat until the meat plate has reached the limit of its excursion and the last slice will becut By this means slices will be' cut qualities -and with the knife touching the upper edges of the meatholding pins, thus leavin onlya very thin slice in 'the machine whic S1108, 1s-. so thin as to be salable.

means I effectually prevent the waste which .fjslp'sually found in connection with meat shcuig machines. The strap on the back of the guide plate is adjustably mounted in order that theiposition of the pins with respect to the'guide' plate may be-varied-thus enabling them to be adapted to different I kinds of meat having varying 'si i h Y n i i 1. A meat hol er comprising fiat guide plate, meat-engaging pins parallel therewith and slightly-removed therefrom and a'meatclamping-bar in opposition ,to one end of saidpins and move vertical fiat guide plate, meat-engaging pins parallel with and slightly removedfrom said guide plate and clamping means comprising aplurality ofmeat-engaging strips in opposition to one end of said pins said clamping .means movable with the,pins.

4. A meat holder comprising a guide plate,

adjustable strap mounted thereon and meat engaging pins carried in said strap By this pins.

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and meansfor supporting the free ends of said pins and plamping the'meat thereon.

5'. A meat holder comprising a guide plate.

a series of upwardly-projecting plus sup ported in .close proximity therewith and two clamping plates opposed to and on opposite.

sides of the ends of-said pins and movable therewith.

6. A meat holder comprising a 'slidable on, -.meat penetrating. pins projecting upwardlyparallel with but slightly removed from the face ofthe guide plate, said pins extending substantially to the top of the plate, and a meatclamp in opposition to said pins comprising a-pair of spaced strips having paralleledges adapted to lie one on one side and the other on the other side of the ends of the pins.

table, a vertical guide plate mounted there- 7. A meat holder comprising a slidable.

table, a vertical guide plate mounted thereon, meat penetrating lpins parallel with but slightly removed from the face 'ofthe guide plate, said pins being of substantially the same length as the width of the plate, and a meat clamp in opposition to said pins. comprisinga pair of spaced strips having parallel edges adapted to lieone on. oneside and the other on the other side of the ends of the ERNEST A. l-lAND.

Witnesses: v

FRANCIS W. PARKER, Jr., M1NNn ,M. LINDENAU. 

